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http://rachelpietraszek.com/how-good-can-chicken-beMon, 27 Apr 2020 19:15:18 -0400how good can chicken be ]]>http://rachelpietraszek.com/almost-at-the-goal
http://rachelpietraszek.com/almost-at-the-goalFri, 24 Apr 2020 08:54:34 -0400My 10K is now May 1st. Since it’s a virtual run and I can run any day in May I figured I’d get it over with quickly.

Last week I did 10K (by my Apple Watch) in 63 mins, and I am hoping to get it to an hour by Friday. Or get the treadmill sensor working again and then forget about my time. ¯\(ツ)/¯

Very little is happening other than running and working from home. I’m hardly even reading the internet’cause of Animal Crossing.

I’ll post my runtime here on May 1st, so watch this space!

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/quarnatine-fashionWed, 15 Apr 2020 08:57:03 -0400This morning I am wearing a lovely Frank and Oak sweater in light peach, which I purchased just before the self isolation and never got to wear, paired with a pair of blue LuluLemon leggings that have a stain on the knee, and a burgundy Walmart hoodie overtop.

On Friday I went for my run, but my Runn sensor continues not to work so I was just using my Apple watch. I ran for an hour and ten minutes and my watch said that was just over 10K. I know it’s a lie, but it made me feel good anyway.

At work we started watching Listen to your Heart yesterday, which is the new Bachelor property that also incorporates singing for some reason. We had all decided we were NOT going to watch it, after struggling through the last season of the Bachelor, but of course quarantine times are not regular times. Anyway it’s terrible, it’s a Bachelor show where they sing at each other all the time so obviously it’s terrible. It’s only six episodes so I’m definitely going to finish it.

I’ve also just finished watching all of the original Party of Five and MAN it’s a fucking SLOG. The sixth season is absolute garbage. Charlie and Kirsten are married, why did they ever break up in the first place. Bailey gets into an ivy league business school somehow despite having dropped out of college, struggling to keep his restaurant afloat, and basically rape-dating every single woman he ever goes out with. And what was with the unceremonious removal of Sarah from the show? Julia continues to treat every man terribly but somehow fails up just like all of them. And Claudia is off to Julliard but I do not care because she was often the worst Salinger of them all. They were all terrible the whole show, much like when I finally watched all of Sex and the City. I’ve come to the concluison that the late 90s/early 2000s were just full of TERRIBLE people being on TV, and not in the fun way like It’s Always Sunny.

Anyway, there are a bunch of disconnected quarantine thoughts for your Wednesday.

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/comfort-foodSun, 12 Apr 2020 12:01:24 -0400comfort food ]]>http://rachelpietraszek.com/animal-crossing-and-running
http://rachelpietraszek.com/animal-crossing-and-runningWed, 01 Apr 2020 08:25:54 -0400As the title indicates, right now this is really all I’m doing. The 10K my husband and I were running in May was cancelled, but is still proceeding“virtually”, so I’m still planning to run it.

Last week I ran my fastest 10K so far.

I only had to stop to drink water once, too. And I watched Top Gun during, which I had never seen and is AMAZING.

But I didn’t post it right away because as soon as I was done (and showered), I went right back to playing Animal Crossing. I am keeping all my AC posts segregated to their own twitter account but here’s just one - in this game, even if you have an Amiibo card it’s not a guarantee that the villager will move in to your town .

It took me three tries, but he finally decided to move to my Island this morning. I am feeling REALFEELINGSOFHAPPINESS.

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/new-horizons-departure-date-approachingWed, 18 Mar 2020 16:42:03 -0400Basically all I care about on the internet right now is the impeding release date of the new Animal Crossing. (Two more days!) It’s keeping me from being sad that the 10K i have been training for is very likely going to be cancelled. It’s also keeping me away from the news generally.

So here is some adorable Animal Crossing fan art that I saw on reddit and really really loved. It’s by u/crysmontas.

I’ve hesitated to post anything about the virus at all. Despite feeling quite a bit of anxiety, I know I am very fortunate. I am very lucky to have a job that allows me to work full time from home, and very lucky too that I actually enjoy staying home, so my life has not been impacted too much by the pandemic. The minor inconvenience about the run, and the anxiety about the virus generally, are small burdens.

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/a-league-of-their-ownFri, 06 Mar 2020 15:20:08 -0500I ran my fastest 10K since we got the Runn sensor today, and I did so while watching a League of Their Own for the first time. And I would just like to say, there is no crying in baseball!!

Our treadmill sensor was down, so I went back to logging my run on my watch only. On my watch I am fast like Sonic.

actually approximately 10k

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/getting-rid-of-netflixFri, 21 Feb 2020 08:33:40 -0500I’m getting rid of Netflix, so I’m trying to get through all of the content I want to watch by mid-March, when my subscription expires. I just watched #Cats __the__Mewvie and how did I NOTKNOW about Princess Cheeto?! The cat is adorable (all the cats are adorable honestly) but these photos are AMAZING, I’m obsessed. Princess Cheeto is art.

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/botnet-the-social-media-app-where-you-are-the-only-humanFri, 14 Feb 2020 16:26:12 -0500According to the makers of the app, when you post, all the comments are made by bots trained on thousands of“real conversations.” For a dollar each, you can buy bots that will troll you or make dad jokes. It’s deeply refreshing in some ways. All the minutiae that I post about is treated like the most fascinating and mind blowing content to this army of bots. I love being popular.”

It was my birthday on Tuesday, so this is my first run as a 35-year-old. It’s not my regular day either, I had to bump it up by a day because I’m busy tomorrow.

So here we are, and I found this run IMPOSSIBLY difficult. I have been pushing my pace quite a lot, trying to improve my speed. As you can see I’m a full six minutes faster than last week. But as you can also see I had to stop twice (total run time) to get my breath and re-hydrate, so I was pushing the pace too hard, I think. I’ll need to start ramping my time up more slowly.

So yeah, that’s my 10K this week. And maybe I’ll find some things to post that aren’t about running soon.

And damned if it doesn’t turn out that I run even slower than I thought I did.

Runn syncs with a variety of running apps; I’m using the excellent ismoothrun, which also syncs with your Apple Watch and contributes to your“rings”.

So okay, the downside is I’m about two-and-a-half minutes slower per kilometer than I thought I was, according to the Runn sensor. I’ve been told that I might find I’m a bit faster once I start running outside, which I plan to do once the weather gets better, around the end of March/beginning of April.

The upside is I can run for an hour and a half straight, which is a big achievement for a girl with asthma, who used to do literally anything to get out of gym class in school.

I also picked up some new shoes last week, and tried them out for the first time today. And I have to say, they are excellent. They are very cushion-y. Whatever“CUSHLON” is, I could feel the difference over my two year old Adidas, for sure.

Pepsi initially refused his claim:“The Harrier jet in the Pepsi commercial is fanciful and is simply included to create a humorous and entertaining ad.” But Leonard was already lawyered up and ready to fight. His attorneys fired back with“This is a formal demand that you honor your commitment and make immediate arrangements to transfer the new Harrier jet to our client.” Pepsi didn’t budge. Leonard sued, and it went to court.

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/becoming-someone-who-runsFri, 17 Jan 2020 16:16:35 -0500On Wednesday I registered for my first ever 10K. It’s in May. This was thanks to the encouragement of my husband, who ran the same 10K two years ago, and who is going to run it with me this year. (I definitely would not have even thought to register without his support, for I am, by and large, extremely lazy.)

Today I ran my fastest (indoor) 10K ever.

For a“real runner” this isn’t a great time. In fact, it would be considered pretty slow. Okay, very slow. But it’s the fastest I’ve ever run, and I’m pretty proud of myself. I’ve been running consistently (two to three times a week) for about a year and a half. I’ve been running approximately 10K once a week since October. I’m going to start ramping up now for the 10K race. But the fact that I could run 10K on the treadmill today and not keel over, not even want to stop and walk, felt like a real accomplishment.

Yes I would like to be faster before my run, and yes I will need a lot of training to get there. But today I’m feeling pretty pleased with my progress.

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/last-night-i-dreamed-about-eating-spaghetti-sandwichesThu, 16 Jan 2020 10:01:53 -0500I even dreamed that there was a wikipedia article for them.

But when it came around again this year, I had to join in. I’m quite proud of my wonky-eyed lemon pig. As soon as it was made, I gave it to my friends children, my honorary niece and nephews, who used it to keep away a“mysterious thing” they heard making noise outside (it was the wind). When they went to bed they took Lemon Pig with them, and I heard them yelling“Good night, Lemon Pig!! Good luck!!”

I’m never again going to miss out on making a Lemon Pig for New Years.

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http://rachelpietraszek.com/its-that-time-of-yearTue, 10 Dec 2019 13:58:31 -0500its that time of year ]]>http://rachelpietraszek.com/consolidating
http://rachelpietraszek.com/consolidatingMon, 09 Dec 2019 08:39:13 -0500With extreme thanks to David @ blot.im, I have now consolidated all of my web presence from 2009 on onto this domain. All of my old Tumblr posts have now been moved onto this site, and are viewable from the archives. Ten years of me on the internet, all under one roof! (Most of my presence before that has been relegated to the archives, more’s the pity.) I also changed some things around slightly, and then entire site is now resting at the top level — that is, there’s no more separation between photos and any of the other posts here. If you used to view photos at photos.rachelpietraszek.com, they’re all still here, there’s just no more subdomain.

I don’t know if I’m going to start to actually blog again, or to share links or things like I used to, but it’s nice to have a home for everything if I do.

Also, I want to make a small plug for blot.im, where this site is hosted. They run a fantastic service, and the support is amazing. Do recommend.